A vicar who was caught up in an adultery scandal after his Filipino wife left him for TV star Robson Green has been reinstated.

Rev Geoffrey Short OBE was left devastated in June when wife Zoila Herrera Brozus dumped him in favour of the Grantchester star.

He signed a deed of separation from his wife after he discovered about her relationship with Green, who she met in a gym near her home in Wideopen, North Tyneside.

Rev Geoffrey Short OBE was left devastated in June when wife Zoila Herrera Brozus (pictured together, left, as he receives his honours) dumped him in favour of Robson Green (right)

But worse was to followed as he suspended by the Church of England after his first wife, Helen, publicly revealed that she suspected he had been with other women when he suddenly left her in 1996.

An investigation followed, but he is now being returned with 'prayers and support' of Bishop of Newcastle Rt Rev Christine Hardman after 'no grounds' of wrongdoing were found, according to the Sunday Mirror.

A source told the newspaper: 'His parishioners are desperate to see him back.

He is now being returned with 'prayers and support' of Bishop of Newcastle Rt Rev Christine Hardman after 'no grounds' of wrongdoing were found

'While he’s been dealing with everything, Green has been filming his detective drama Grantchester for ITV, with Zoila often seen on set. They’ve made no secret of their relationship.'

The clergyman had been working for Barclays in 1990 which saw him regularly travelling to Hong Kong from his home on the Isle of Man, where it is believed he met Zoila.

Helen, who is now married to Gary Campbell, was granted a divorce from Rev Short in 1996. She has had no contact with her ex-husband since the collapse of their marriage.

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His firs wife, Helen (left), was dumped after he regularly travelled to Hong Kong from his home on the Isle of Man, where it is believed he met Zoila (right)

Rev Short married Filipina Zoila six years later.

Ms Short said she didn't realise her marriage to the clergyman was over until he said he was leaving.

She said she would speak to him while on business trips to Hong Kong and hear someone in the hotel room, but she did not consider it suspicious. Even when she noticed large phone bills to a number in Hong Kong, she did not act.